Race Face is stoked to announce a new addition to their flat pedal lineup: the Chester Pedal. This tough nylon composite pedal gives your feet a large, thin platform to stomp on, meaning the same grip as traditional alloy pedals with less weight. The Chester offers great performance for DH shredders through to Dirt jump senders. All at a price that leaves plenty of cash in your pocket for that round of bevies after a day of hammering out laps with the crew!
Who is Chester? Do you want to win a set of new Chester pedals? We know you do – but there’s a price for this hook-up! We heard some of the Chester rumors and showcased them in the video above; now we need you to spill the beans on what you know about Chester! Share your juiciest ‘
Chester facts’ in the comments below from November 11th - 20th for a chance to win! The Top propped Chester‘ism will get a Race Face Chester group (
Chester 35 bar, stem, pedal, crankset, grip and post), the next 10 top favorited Chester facts will each score a set of Chester pedals. Plus Race Face staff will choose 2 Wildcard pedal winners. Dig deep and get creative – the world wants to know all about Chester’s exploits!
Features:
Nylon composite body
Thin and lightweight concave platform
Large platform with the same grip as traditional pedals
Replaceable steel pins (8 per side)
Cro-mo axle
Smooth and durable sealed bearing and bushing system
Fully sealed
Serviceable
Specs:
Built For: DH/FR/DJ/AM/Trail
Body Material: Nylon composite body
Axle Material: Chromoly steel
Height: 15mm – 18.4mm
Platform Size: 110mm x 101mm
Weight: 340g
# of Pins: 16 SHCS hex traction pins per pedal (8 per side)
Bearings: Cartridge bearings and DU bushings
Colour: Black, Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Purple
MSRP: $54.99 USD
Rider: Liam Wallace
Video Credit: Connor MacLeod
Chester Pedals Race Face
Do you want to win a set of new Chester pedals? We know you do – but there’s a price for this hook-up! We heard some of the Chester rumors and showcased them in the video above; now we need you to spill the beans on what you know about Chester! Share your juiciest ‘Chester facts’ in the comments below from November 11th - 20th for a chance to win! Only entries in comments!
MENTIONS: @raceface /
@liam-wallace /
@cmac
Raceface, give batmaine all the Chester goodies. He deserves them.
(H)yped
(E)ntry-level
(S)tuff
(T)hat's
(E)nduro
(R)eady
#chestercantgetrobbed
#chesterwillnevergetrobbed
#chesteristheonewhorobs
#butnotyourwallet
#justeveryoneelsesstravatimes
#irideforpaul
Dude, awesome!! That is a seriously awesome line!!
Look PB, I'm gonna look back in a couple of days. Not that i think it's much of an impact, but if you don't return the top ranking comment that was up here (not mine off course) - I will remove myself from PB.
Manipulated forums are of no use, to me anyway.
If a website can't handle the backlash (echoed in the props of well over 100 other readers last time I saw it) from patronising it's entire readership with puerile drivel (seriously, who talks like that??) then I'm not interested in partaking any more.
It's a certain bet that a member of staff at PB or RF will be "winning" the prize anyway.
Expect comment to be deleted in 3, 2, 1...
I do have admit it was a creative answer.
Well, bye bye then. Probably see you again in a week with a new username
You can take our comments Pinkbike, but you'll never take our freedom..... to criticize pedal competitions.
That they just delete any comment which is not OK from their point of view is censorship at its best. If it would not have any meaningfull content, I could understand, but he had a point...
At least raceface gives away stuff. a lot of other 'hidden' commercials (dressed up as shredding-videos here on PB) don't even bother, they just want to sell the damn product
Reminds me of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' for some reason...
I don't know if it was Pink Bike removing it feeling that it was the right thing to do for their client (Race Face). Or Race Face putting pressure on Pink Bike to remove it.
I personally think this was the completely wrong way to deal with it. If @andybobbill comment would have won it would have provided Race Face with a great bit of PR and shown everyone that they can laugh about the situation, which would have gained them even more respect.
Sometimes the truth isn't want you want to hear. This is a sad reminder that as much as we like to think that companies like Pink Bike and Race Face are in it for the same reasons as their readers/customers, they are infact business after money. There is nothing wrong with this, everyone needs to make a living but this was a bad business decision.
My best guess is that RF spent a lot of money with an agency to come up with this concept and didn't take too kindly to having a mirror held up to it.
Yeah it must be that because I tried to count all the non-entries on this page that *haven't* been deleted but I had to give up before my lunch hour finished.
Meantime, I'm going to thank @Patrick9-32 for his inspirational hashtag and spread it far and wide. I smell a revolution!
#chestergate
By the way, does anyone want to buy some used Raceface Atlas bars? I've gone off them recently for some reason.
"contest: Who is Chester?
Chester is a cringe-worthy piece of marketing spiel written by inevitably awful people trying to "connect with the youth". Chester is everything that is wrong with the bike industry. Let the product speak for itself, stop trying to hype something out of nothing and go back to the marketing school from whence you came. Anyway must dash, I'm totally stoked to be sharing some bevvies with the crew tonight...
Thou shalt not upset the bearers of advertising revenue!
#chestergate
of infinite hucks and manuals, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back wheelie a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. How huge those lips that I have kissed with my back wheel I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment and banners,
that were wont to set the table top on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
The eastern and northern part of Chester consisted of heathland and forest. The western side towards the Dee Estuary was marsh and wetland habitats.
Edit
In common with most of the rest of the United Kingdom, Chester has an oceanic climate. Despite its proximity to the Irish Sea, the temperature regime is similar to areas further inland, owing to the shelter provided by the Pennines to the northeast and the Welsh Mountains to the southwest. The nearest official weather station is at Hawarden Airport, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the city centre.
#chestergate
www.wearetheenglish.com/did-you-know
There once was a bloke named Chester
'Twas a PB comments section inspector
He stalked with a grin, as his ban hammer did spin
To smash @andybobbill the protester
CHE(E)STER CHRIST the man that heals your carbon frame by only touching it.
The man that won rampage on a flatpedal, barefoot.
Che(e)ster Christ the man that gave us the wisdom: "Thou shalt love thy bikes as thyself!"
While they were eating, Che(e)ster took a carbon rim, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took the cup with tire sealant, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it. “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. “I tell you the truth, if you will share my body and my blood, nobody will ever have a broken rim or a flat tire anymore! So, in the name of God, go out and ride your bikes, share your trails and show the world your RACE FACE!
And so we pray as the Lord has taught us:
Our Che(e)ester who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy trail come.
Thy shaping will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily ticket.
And forgive us our braking.
As we forgive those who brake in front of us.
And lead us not into cross country,
But deliver us from an evil bike.
Protect us from car drivers, broken bones
and broken chains.
For Thine is the kingdom,
The power and the Giant glory,
Forever,
Amen
#chestergate
www.pinkbike.com/photo/12886549
A real advertisement needs a reason of some sort for why you should buy the product.The pedal itself looks pretty cool, but I want to see specs and reviews stuff, not a bunch of this silly bullshit.
I know I'm 17, and this type of stuff is supposed to appeal to me, this was almost painful to watch. I don't want see the mountainbiking community filled with spammy advertisements; I personally enjoy watching the techy promotions that are filled with details specs.
It's a shame that Pinkbike deleted ThomDawson 's comment, I think that members should be able to speak their mind.
For the record @ThomDawson was referring to my post that got deleted, I believe it's still in my profile if you care to go looking for it.
Seems we share the same ideals, you and I. Shame we're not allowed to share our opinions though.
Own up to the joke, Raceface. People will think you are better company for it.
At age 3 Chester coresponded with acient aliens, thus the blue print of the first tikebike.
By year 7 of chesters young life he momentarily changed his name to Edward T. Action, and dawned the "famouse extended moustache", known now simply as a beard. Exhibiting himself globaly on his infamous new fangled obsesion, the BICYCLE.
most children were twelve by the time Chester was mearly eight. Returning to his namesake and placing peddals on the BICYCLE had by most accounts revitalized his once lusterous career.
Now at the lasting event that is age 9, Chester has gone full circle. Re-re-inventing the pedal for Race Face. The most descriminating wine testers all agreed his name, and his new "tootsie platforms" would be forever as the brightest star.
The next time you see a baby trundle, remember our friend and hero Chester.
His farts smell like bacon sandwiches.
He has 50/50 vision.
He once done a skydive from space with no parachute
And to top it all of he can stand on an upturned plug or lego and just walk it off with out the stupid crazy hop dance.
Gandhi -"chester is the change which you want to see in the world."
M.L.king -"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their.skin, but by there use of Chester pedals."
Unknown - "chester is love, Chester is life"
Chester wears flannel, denim and grippy soled shoes, not spandex and over priced ultralight spd footwear. Chester is the dude letting it all hang out, ripping burly lines and not sitting down spinning out the long climbs. Chester is the dude who doesn't care about saving grams with carbon this and Ti that. Chester only cares about what works and what will take whatever the trails throws at him. Chester is the dude hitting the rock lines the skinnies and drops, not the one looking to find only the "smooth and flowy". Chester is a badass, Chester is the man!!!
By the men who mould the gold;
The Whistler trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Cypress lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on Top of the World
When Chester took a wee.
Also some say ... ...... Chester may have been on the mtb God's council and discouraged rodies from talking about mtb
He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can."
-Brother Levon -RIP
When it`s getting dark, he puts on his cape and fights terrorism.
When the sun rises, he puts on his race face and shreds till dark.
Chester simply doesn`t have time to care about his pedals.
He spend a lot of time, with testing new stuffs, and training freeriders, but in his free time he does his hobby, and brakes Marzocchi Supermonsters, Karpiel Armageddons, or Nicolai Nucleons, Sun Modo rims, or similar fragile and lightweight stuffs.
His favourite trick is a quad front flip on a 80m gap, and landing on ground cement surface. When he landing, he making 10 centimetres deep marks on the cement, or sometimes he ripping off the cement.
Chester is 69 years old, and of course in Chester years. Chester is newer die, because if he die the geenetics make a new Chester from the old Chester's DNS, because the mtb industries, can't work without Chester.
#ChesterFacts #wikipedia #nerd
The silent jester always looking for an investor.
He cooked up the precursor to Chester with the ester of a child molester who scoffed at his zest or zeal. The final Chester we have here is the best ursus paw-like grip he concocted during his first semester as a polyamide tester at the city college of Leicester.
nice pedals
The town’s racecourse is Britain’s oldest sporting venue in continual use. The first hordes race at the Roodee took place in 1539, replacing the famously bloody Shrove Tuesday football game. Mayor Henry Gee allowed the swap, giving the name the “gee-gees” to horse racing.
But I do know that I'm building my first CX bike, and I'm not taking it too seriously (I'm avoiding lycra. Rattlecanning the bike fluorescent colors). I've been trying to decide what pedals to throw on it as it will be a do it all commuter, fun, exercise bike. I really don't want clipless pedals, and now seeing these I think I found the pedal I want for it!
some, that he was bourne of "that tequila" night between Tomac and Missy Giove ( )
and some, that he came together in a sort of a Big Bang moment in the corner of the Schwinn factory..
Whichever way, he comes in red, proves bikin aint dead, and will improve my bike's cred!
Said, "I will fix your bike, right after I double flip this log
"I said, "Wait a minute Chester, that's a trick you will not land"
He said, "Watch it, boy, don't question the power of the band"
Bod of steel pushing tight polyester,
"Goin' down" is his primary tip,
once his prey is in sight there's no slip,
anyone with some curves he will pester
bod of steel pushing tight polyester,
"Goin' down" is his primary tip,
once his prey is in sight there's no slip,
anyone with some curves he will pester
Chester knows the whistler mtb trails so well that he can ski the exact location of them all.
See: www.pinkbike.com/u/andybobbill
Merely a shared opinion. Don't kill me please.
#Chestergate
"YOU CANT HANDLE THE CHESTER!!"
These are the breaks, but your rhyme is patty cakes
Makes my mind batty, steaks ratty like a narc
Bike ride in a park, *****, suck my junk
Hot like a trunk rack, get back, Eat tha
-His mother's once reliable foundation had an affair with cheap dreams
God saw the Chester was good, and he separated the Chester from the Darkness.
His Name is Chester Retsech
Chester then Chester Backwards - he is Chester - Confirmed!
stompin' poly pinned will haul
kinetic ethic.
Haiku + 26
Immortal beloved truth y'know
Seek soul knowledge path.
~ Chester
I said "Hey, what do you think of the Rocky Maiden?"
He said "Yeah, Made in Taiwan is the way to go."
Chester said he'd rather see his stuff spec'd on lots of new bikes cuz that's where the money is to be made. "The whole aftermarket thing is overrated."
As he wandered off, Chester's last line was he'd rather just ride than be some Deity competing at Rampage.
For those who have passed and to those who may pass fighting the terrible people who have taken the life's of others.
His finger and toe nails are made from old links from the chain he snapped. When popping a manuals he calls his granny to arrange a warm apple pie to be at the finish line.
Who ever Chester is or "what he is" we all know he has a raceface tramp stamp under his left arse cheek and glows on the moon light on race days
Chester was the first pedal that won the hastag #NotMetalButStillPedaltastic
He is just shredding every Day and do the best things you could imagine on a Bike.
No Matter if he has to win the Downhill Worldcup Overall Ranking on a Dirtjump Bike in just one Race or he has to Win the FMB-World Tour Title on a Karpiel Apocalypse. He will f****** do this without any Problems.
Every Companie wants Chester riding their part and bikes but chester don't need any sponsors because Chesters parts never break and he never need new parts.
So Chester is the most badass Mountainbike-Rider of the Universe and will save the whole World with his pure awesomeness.
#Chester #RSF #RaceFace
(I know this doesn't make sense)
60$ !!!!!!!! will get. Thanks Rafe Face . You still rock.
void main (void)
{
while(chester)
{
ride(now);
}
return 0;
}
Chester likes to big, like big as in making Fest series look small.
Who IS Chester?
We may never know.
The greatest of these is the part Chester played!
Having rocked up on his Raceface tricked out DH, Chester used the snake (AKA the Devil), as a trail fix inner tube following the biggest huck to flat in history....... From heaven to earth!
Some might say that was LEGENDARY enough!
But no, there's more..... You know the tree of knowledge shenanigans, well what actually happened was, Chester brewed up some serious hoochy cider, got wasted, slapped Adam and ploughed Eve..... Later Eve gave birth to Chuck Norris, and the rest well, that's what we refer to as history
The answer is, all of them!
1) Chester lives vicariously through himself.
2) Chester once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels.
3) When it is raining, it is because Chester is thinking of something sad.
4) Chester’s bike never gets dirty.
5) Chester is left-handed and right-handed.
6) The police often question Chester just because they find him interesting.
7) Chester’s blood smells like loam.
Chester’s business card simply says “I’ll call you.”
9) Chester has won the lifetime achievement award, twice.
10) If Chester were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off the urge to thank him.
11) Chester is fluent in all languages, including three that only Chester speaks.
12) Chester tips an astonishing 100%.
13) Once while bike-packing around the world, Chester discovered a short cut.
14) Panhandlers give him money.
15) When Chester pedals are mounted on a new bike, it increases in value.
My family no longer speaks about Chester.
"It is I, Chester:-)"